GGPViper wrote:
He has also dedicated his career to defending science against its enemies.
I find it funny, then, that the largest independent contributor to NASA is the vatican. Furthermore, we'd be centuries behind on both mathematics and economics if it weren't for the islamic scholars of the middle ages.
Quote:
In other words, Dawkins is out there making sure that all those scientists who are smarter than him can dedicate their great minds to scientific work without being harassed...
It doesn't matter if there are many or just a handful of scientists who are smarter than Dawkins. He gave a lot to science with
The Selfish Gene, but for the past few decades, he's acting more like a hasbeen who just wants to sell books.